Improvement in hoop-locks



UNITED STATES PATENT @einen ED\VIN A. JEFFERY, OF GORNING, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOOPHLOCKS.

Spceiiicaton forming part ot' Lett-ers Patent N0. 22,369, dated December2l, ISS.

fo all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. J nr anni?, of Corning, in the county ofSteuben and State of New York, have invented a new and lmprovedHoop-Lock for Securing Together the Ends of a Bale-Hoop, and l do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partot'this speciiication, in Which- Figure l is an inner side view oi' myinvention applied and securing together' the ends ot' a bale-hoop. Fig.2 is a section ofthe same, taken in the line g/ y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 isalso a section ofthe same, taken in the line im, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severaliigures.

This invention consists in having a metal socket or shell provided witha recess or indentation, and a conical pin or key which passes throughthe socket. as hereinafter shown, whereby the ends of the hoop, by beinglooped or doubled and fitted in the socket, may be iirmly secured orconnected together.

To enable those. skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a .socket or shell,wliich may be oi cast metal, and formedof two lips, a a, projecting at right angles from a back piece, b, at

opposite ends, as shown clearly in Fig. 0. The back piece, b, may haveits outer side, c, ot' convex l'orm, and its inner side, c, may be aplane having an indentation or groove, d, formed in it longitudinallyand centrally, and each lip a a has a circular hole, e, made through it,said holes being` in line with the indentation or groove (l. The lips aa of the socket or shell A may also have convex edges, so that the backpiece, b, and lips av a will form an ellipsoid. (See Fig. 2.)

B is a metal pin of conical or taper forni, as

shown clearly in Figs. l and 3. This pin is made of such diameter thatit may be driven in the holes e of the lips c a.

C is a metal hoop, the two endsfg of which are overlapped and placed inthe socket or shell A. One or both ends of the hoop maybe lapped ordoubled, as shown at h, Fig. 2. The ends fry of the hoop are placedagainst the plane inner surfaces, c, ofthe socket or shell, and the pinB is driven in the holes c, and in consequence ot' said pin being ofconical or taper form the ends of the hoop will be forced and bound inthe indentation or groove d, and the loops L will-effectually preventthe slipping and casual detachment of the same.

This invention, it will be seen. may be constructed at a triing cost.The ends of the bands may be connected and also detached with thegreatest facility. rlhe pin B requires to be simply driven in and out ofthe socket or shell A, the ends of the hoop, one or both, being iittedtherein and looped or doubled, it' necessary, in order to eflectuallyprevent the slipping ot' the same.

From the above description it will be seen that the shape of the shellor socket A is not essential. Various forms may be used; but the oneherein represented would probably be as convenient as any. I thereforedo not confine myself to any particular form or shape ot' socket orshell, for any form would answer that will admit ot' the pin beingdriven in it transversely with the ends ofthe hoops.

Having thus described my invention, I el ai in as an improved article ofmanufacture A hoop-lock composed of a shell or socket, A, and a taperpin, B, made as herein shown and described.

EDVIN A. JEFFREY.

Vitiiesses:

A. Itocvnns,

ino. M. CLARK.

